El Temür (;
Mongolian:; died 1333) was an ethnic
Kipchak official of the
Yuan dynasty
The Yuan dynasty (), officially the Great Yuan (; xng, , , literally "Great Yuan State"), was a Mongols, Mongol-led Dynasties in Chinese history, imperial dynasty of China and a successor state to the Mongol Empire after Division of the M ...
. He was behind the coup d'état that installed
Tugh Temür
A ''tug'' ( , tr, tuğ, ota, طوغ or , otk, 𐱃𐰆𐰍, tuğ) or sulde ( mn, сүлд, script=Cyrl), () is a pole with circularly arranged horse or yak tail hairs of varying colors arranged at the top. It was historically flown by T ...
(Emperor Wenzong) as Yuan emperor in the capital
Khanbaliq
Khanbaliq or Dadu of Yuan () was the winter capital of the Yuan dynasty of China in what is now Beijing, also the capital of the People's Republic of China today. It was located at the center of modern Beijing. The Secretariat directly admi ...
in 1328. The restorationists at Khanbaliq won the
War of the Two Capitals
The War of the Two Capitals (), or the Tianli Incident (), was a war of succession that occurred in 1328 in the Yuan dynasty. It was a war of succession fought between the forces based in the Yuan capital Khanbaliq (Dadu, modern Beijing) and the f ...
under the leadership of Tugh Temür and El Temür. After the surrender of
Shangdu
Shangdu (, ), also known as Xanadu (; Mongolian: ''Šandu''), was the summer capital of the Yuan dynasty of China before Kublai decided to move his throne to the former Jin dynasty capital of Zhōngdū () which was renamed Khanbaliq (pre ...
forces, Tugh Temür abdicated in favour of his brother
Kusala (Emperor Mingzong) who was backed by Chagatai Khan
Eljigidey and announced Khanbaliq's intent to welcome him. However, Kusala suddenly died only four days after a banquet with Tugh Temür, supposedly killed with poison by El Temür, who purged pro-Kusala officials and brought power to warlords, whose despotic rule marked the decline of the Yuan dynasty.
His daughter,
Danashiri, married
Toghon Temür (Emperor Huizong) and bore him a son but he died when he was a child. El Temür also had a son, Tanggici, who was also an officer.
El Temür became ill and died in 1333 and his children were subsequently murdered by former co-conspirator
Bayan
Bayan may refer to:
Eduational Institutions
* Bayan Islamic Graduate School, Chicago, IL
Places
*Bayan-Aul, Pavlodar, Kazakhstan
*Bayan Mountain, an ancient mountain name for part of Tarbagatai Mountains at Kazakhstan in Qing Dynasty period
*B ...
in 1335.
El Temür was the grandson of Yuan general Tutuha (
土土哈 1237-1297).
In popular culture
* Portrayed by
Jeon Gook-hwan in 2013–2014 MBC TV series ''
Empress Ki
Empress Gi or Empress Ki (Hangul: 기황후, Hanja: 奇皇后; 1315–1370(?)), also known as Empress Qi () or Öljei Khutuk ( Mongolian: Өлзийхутаг; ), was one of the primary empresses of Toghon Temür (Emperor Huizong) of the Yuan dy ...
''.
Descendants of Qurusman
[Louis Hambis (1954). Le chapitre CVIII du Yuan che : les fiefs attribués aux membres de la famille impériale et aux ministres de la cour mongole d'après l'histoire chinoise officielle de la dynastie mongole. Monographies du Tʿoung pao, v. 3. Tableau15, généalogie des princes.]
* Qurusman（忽魯速蠻/hūlŭsùmán）
** Baltučaq（班都察/bāndōuchá）
*** （土土哈/Tŭtŭhā; توتقاق/Tūtqāq）
**** Taγačar（塔察兒/tǎcháér）
**** Tai buqa（太不花/Tàibùhuā）
**** （牀兀兒/Chuángwùér; جونكقور/Jūnkqūr）
***** Sevinču buqa（小雲失不花/Xiǎoyúnshī bùhuā）
***** Elči buqa（燕赤不花/yànchì bùhuā）
***** El temür（燕帖木兒/Yàntiēmùér）
****** （唐其勢/Tángqíshì）
****** Taraqai（塔剌海/Tǎlàhǎi）
******
Današiri（答納失里/Dānàshīlǐ）
***** （撒敦/Sādūn）
*****El tuqar（燕禿哈兒/Yàn tūhāér）
*****Dari（答里/Dálǐ）
*****Bübeqan（潑皮罕/Pōpíhǎn）
****Berke buqa（別里不花/Biélǐ bùhuā）
****Temür buqa（帖木兒不花/Tiēmùér bùhuā）
****Qarči（歓差/huānchā）
****Yoliγ temür（岳里帖木兒/Yuèlǐ tiēmùér）
****Dalgurban（断古魯班/Duàngŭlŭbān）
References
13th-century Kipchacks
Yuan dynasty right chancellors
1333 deaths
Year of birth unknown
14th-century Kipchaks
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